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You are in total darkness and in unbearable pressure. You would think that in this freezing environment there is no life, but there is. Eight years ago something was discovered that no one could even imagine. It was a source of life called a hydrothermal…

Many believe that a man named Michel de Nostradamus could. His predictions have baffled scholars for over 400 years. Nostradamus made over 1,000 predictions and according to historians, half of them have already come true. The most shocking of his…

on January 27th in 1701. He was one of a large number of scientists who were all related and originated from Ovanaker in province of Halsingland. His grandfathers Magnus Celsius and Anders Spole were professors in Uppsala. His father, Nils Celsius…

J. Siegel Fifteen billion years ago, give or take five billion years, the entirety of our universe was compressed into the confines of an atomic nucleus. Known as a singularity, this is the moment before creation when space and time did not exist.…

handle the power supply carefully. *         I am going to only use a maximum voltage of 2 volts. *         I will be careful when handling the mains equipment. *         I will make sure I have a clear space to work in and nothing…

at the Universe, they study the mysteries of the stars, dust clouds and other matter visible to radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, X-ray, or gamma-ray telescopes. What is not readily apparent through these mediums is even more mysterious. When…

a wire can be affected by certain factors: Length of wire Cross sectional area resistivity (type of metal) Type of wire Temperature I chose to investigate how length affects the resistance in a wire. This means that the other factors (variables)…

Lincolnshire, England on December 25, 1642. His father, who was a farmer, died before he was born. When his mother, Hannah Ayscough Newton, remarried, he was sent to live with his grandmother when he was 3 years old. He attended two village schools,…

because of the emission and reflection of light. 'Light' is the better-known term for the electromagnetic spectrum, which includes waves in the visible, ultra-violet, infra-red, microwave, radio, X-ray and gamma-ray regions. The scale of the spectrum…

board that is made out of different layers of wood and has wheels on it. Skateboarding has been around since the early 1950's and originated from surfing. There is a surprising amount of physics involved in this sport. All of Newton's laws, momentum,…